The dvdauthor in precise is 154kB, whereas slacko 533 has 135kB.
Anyway i guess the dvdauthor in precise is somewhat broken.

The package from ubuntu precise, dvdauthor_0.7.0-1.1build1_i386.deb has /usr/bin/dvdauthor of 154kB.
The package from slackware 13.37, dvdauthor-0.7.0-i486-1sl.txz has 138kB.
the slackware is fine but the precise fails.
EDIT: No, I tried both dvdauthor on precise puppy and BOTH failed.
The only success is the dvdauthor extracted from slacko 533 of 135kB.
That sais:
DVDAuthor::dvdauthor, version 0.7.0.
Build options: gnugetopt iconv freetype fribidi fontconfig

Gonzalo,
I would full-install Wary 5.3 with ext2 file system, and 500 MB Linux-swap partition (usually placed at the end of the hard drive space) on a 500 MHz P3 computer with 512 MB ram. Run and test Wary 5.3 as live CD before you decide to install to hard drive.
http://puppylinux.com/download/

By the way, how do we configure a separated /home in another partition?

You should post this question in another section of the forum, either Beginner's Help or Users, because the question is off-topic. (topic = Precise Puppy 5.4.1 bugs)
EDIT: Gonzalo, please post issues with a slow computer and selection of suitable Puppy version in Beginner's Help or Users section of forum. Move discussion to there.Last edited by nubc on Wed 14 Nov 2012, 16:30; edited 2 times in total

I did it, my friend.
I have a 500+ MB swap space at the begging of the HD.
I tested Puppy before installation, and I have used and tested other Puppies (Wary and previous versions). I still wonder which version is better for a 500 MHz PentiumIII (pae or non-pae Precise Puppy, or Wary at last!?).

A problem I have now is the low speed the system is showing. I guess is the ext4 partition instead of ext3 our 2, as you have suggested.

Cheers!
Log live GNU/Linux and Puppy!!!

PS: I saw the 214X-top10.iso page. Which one is the latest? the 10th? Thanks.

...
Merging /initrd/pup_rw onto /initrd/pup_ro1...
cp: cannot create special file `/initrd/pup_ro1/dev/snd/controlC0': No such file or directory
cp: cannot create special file `/initrd/pup_ro1/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p': No such file or directory
cp: cannot create special file `/initrd/pup_ro1/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c': No such file or directory
cp: cannot create special file `/initrd/pup_ro1/dev/snd/seq': No such file or directory
cp: cannot create special file `/initrd/pup_ro1/dev/snd/timer': No such file or directory
Merging /initrd/pup_rw onto /initrd/pup_ro1...
cp: cannot create special file `/initrd/pup_ro1/dev/snd/controlC0': No such file or directory
cp: cannot create special file `/initrd/pup_ro1/dev/snd/pcmC0D0p': No such file or directory
cp: cannot create special file `/initrd/pup_ro1/dev/snd/pcmC0D0c': No such file or directory
...

Looked at it a bit closer and there we go.

While the pupsave file is written to the SD card for the first time, there exists no directory ../snd.. in /initrd/pup_ro1/dev/ .
Therefore the copying fails. After I copied the directory ../snd into /initrd/pup_ro1/dev the 'save' to the SD card went well.
Now the xerrs.log reads like this:

I have notice that after a while using Geany that it would not minimize when clicking on the taskbar.

Has any one else have this problem?

Cheers

..there is a little problem..
If you maximize the Geany window by clicking at the right hand top position and hitting the F11 key sometime afterwards, then you'll not be able to minimize the Geany window the usual way.

..the solution to it..
You'll have to drag the Geany window from the lower right hand side to a smaller size. After you have done this, you'll be able to maximize and minimize Geany the usual way again.

Rem.: @oldyeller Hi! If you maximized Geany by using the F11 key, you will have to follow the above described step.

...................................

Ha,Ha!

Confirm the trouble report of oldyeller.

Just happened while typing.

Regards
FeodorLast edited by FeodorF on Wed 14 Nov 2012, 19:24; edited 1 time in total

Precise 5.4 PAE with a few additions and tweaks is now precisely perfect for me. I tried 5.4.1 but in my case there was nothing to fix - so I don’t need it.

My 486 capable machine cannot install any applications from the PPM, but if I have to get an i686 replacement (maybe with oodles of RAM though since last year I haven't used Swap) - I’m ready.

All the pre-installed apps I've tried are working well so I have all the entertainment I need and with LibreOffice, four additional browsers, a flat portable linux database and many “Wine” programs etc, etc. I don’t need any PPM extras.

There are two Menu/Launcher applications that may have wide user appeal:

(1) AppStarter. see screen shot, provides quick access to the traditional Puppy desktop icons - so that the original icons can be permanently deleted. I didn’t want a total break with tradition - even the icons and their order can be changed as desired.

(2) PupMenu, amongst other useful facets, can help newcomers and non-experts with facilities to:

(a) hide items in the Main Menu (see screen shot). Utility supports 25 Apps, but 23 are hidden and can be seen in PupMenu. I hid some 180 items in total so my Main Menu is clean, lean and personalised.

(b) enable apps to be moved in the Main Menu e,g. Glipper, the clipboard app, was originally under Desktop. However, when I installed Parcellite, another clipboard app, it appeared under Utility - So I "moved" Glipper to join it.

(c) change app descriptions in the Main Menu. Glipper originally had a much longer name. Main Menu icons can also be changed if desired.

(e) plus. I use seaside’s SFS-Exec which readies SFS files instantaneously - but they don’t normally update in the Main Menu. Loading (or refreshing) PupMenu is one way to achieve super-fast SFS loads.

Stars do not come bigger or brighter than BarryK - so I hope he’ll not take it amiss if I say - My Precise “is better than the real thing”.

I wish to see on the download-pages torrent-links and/or magnet-links for the puppy-.iso files, I will seed with my server too. I don't like zipped torrent-files... and let us define which tracker we use, not too many, maybe:

this got the lights on for tp-link but once again could not connect to wpa2.....I am not an expert so I cant fix these things ......but Tempestuous did get the realtek usb to work by recompiling the module under the correct kernel in lucid......I think he did the same with the TP-LINK usb...but I already had it going under NDIS wrapper so never tested (or bothered using the bulky dongle after I got the mini usb).....so maybe someone can do similar thing for precise ......

or maybe I am barking up the wrong tree and maybe its a wpa2 issue? bethatasitmay......not working......showstopper...... so I will go back to lucid and check in on precise later in its development cycle to see how its going ....thanks

I also had some wireless issues with 5.4.1, though these may well be intermittent failures. I was able to connect with a Realtech 8192ce mini-PCIe card using WPA on one machine. On another (the Dell Inspiron N4010 which sparked an off-topic rant) I had trouble either holding a connection or making it initially. In that case the wireless AP was using WEP, which may not have been tested as much.

I have returned the repaired machine, so it will take time for me to follow up on the problem. In the brief testing I did on delivery I had trouble connecting with that AP, though I had not had trouble connecting to my own wireless LAN (WPA encryption) using the same machine and 5.4.1. I seemed to have better luck with the old networking wizard than with Barry's simple network setup, but this may be a result of simple randomness.

I recommend not doing full install, at all. Use frugal, it's OK.
In full install there's problem when installing software from PPM. It messes everything up. Font and icons disappear. So don't do it.

I have installed frugal, and it work fine, and fast (to hard drive, btw).
However, I have a little problem. I guess I should start new thread fro this, but I'll post it here anyway (I hope it won't be a problem).

Since I'm from Serbia, and I browse web pages with cyrilic fonts frequently. But some letters do not look as they should and they are to small. Is there a way to fix this? maybe to import font from ubuntu machine or something like that?

I posted a possible reason for borked (yes, "borked" is not a word!) icons after installing a package here, however I was unable to reproduce it in a frugal install.

I think this is because in the layered filesystem the original /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache (a symlink in precise to /etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders .. Barry's design) is always seen through the layers but in a full install it is a real file and has one location, /usr/lib/gdk-pixbuf-2.0/2.10.0/loaders.cache. Actually the converse could also be true causing confusion to the OS.

I didn't get any feedback on my post (linked above) but the post below by zul seems to suggest that what I hypothesised is true.

It is true that we need more testers or reports on this problem to come to an appropriate solution. This has ramifications for more than Precise but also Debian testing (wheezy) and Raspbian (raspberry pi, which by their very nature are full installs) builds._________________Woof Mailing List | keep the faith |

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